Guest Column: Urge your legislator to act on animal cruelty law

Written by By Sandy Williams, THS Executive Director
Friday, 11 February 2011 17:10

It is the headline that has haunted my thoughts for the last several days: “More than 30 dead dogs and 6 cats found at the bottom of a ravine in Prentiss County, Mississippi.” Some had been beaten, some had been shot, some had been tortured and hanged. As I watched the news clip in horror, I saw several little puppies lying at the bottom of that ravine with their heads crushed in. How could anyone commit such a cruel and sick act of violence?